Bible Verses About Desire for Parenthood

Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the Lord.

He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the Lord.

For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.

And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed.

And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.

Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.

Give them, O Lord: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.

Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished.

Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?

Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the Lord: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God.

For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.

For this child I prayed; and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of him:

The Lord shall increase you more and more, you and your children.

And Isaac intreated the Lord for his wife, because she was barren: and the Lord was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.

For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:

Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.

Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:

Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.

Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.

She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.

The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell.

If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

From men which are thy hand, O Lord, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother’s breasts.

And the angel of the Lord said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.

Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.

And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the Lord.

Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations; according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.

They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the Lord, and their offspring with them.

And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.

I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.

Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.

For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.